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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann
German politician (AfD) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann (born 12 August 1964) is a German far-right[3][4][5] politician and former judge, and had a main role in the uncovered 2022 German coup d'état plot of "Patriotic Union" group.[vague] She was a member of the 19th Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), of which she has been a member since 2013. After losing re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, Winkemann returned to her previous position as a judge in the Berlin regional court.
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On 7 December 2022, she was arrested during a large-scale raid against an alleged right-wing terrorist association with roots stemming from within the Reichsbürger movement.[6]
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Biography
Malsack-Winkemann was born on 12 August 1964 in Darmstadt[7] and studied law[8] at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.[7] From 2003 to 2017 Malsack-Winkemann worked as a judge in the state of Berlin.[7] In 2013 she joined the newly founded AfD and became a member of the Bundestag in 2017.[9] In June 2021 she was nominated in 5th position on the AfD state candidate list for Bundestag, after she lost against Georg Pazderski - with the state party only winning 3 proportionally allocated seats, she lost re-election.[10]
She has been a member of the AfD's party Court of Arbitration since June 2022.[2]
Malsack-Winkemann has two children.[7]
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December 2022 arrest
In the morning of 7 December 2022, she was arrested for her alleged involvement with a group of right-wing extremists connected to the Reichsbürger movement, which had planned a coup against the German government.[11][12] She would have become the Minister of Justice of the government which would be formed if they had managed to realise their plan.[13]
At a trial that started on 21 May 2024, Malsack-Winkemann and eight other defendants were charged with terrorism and high treason.[14]
The Public Prosecutor General (GBA) accuses Malsack-Winkeman, among other things, of having infiltrated other defendants into the Bundestag and scouting out the buildings with them. Malsack-Winkemann is said to have belonged to the so-called Council of the "Patriotic Union". According to the GBA, the group planned an armed storming of the Bundestag in order to arrest members of parliament and bring about a system overthrow. She denies the allegations and describes her role as insignificant.[15]
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